[Psychosomatic disorders in patients with neurocirculatory dystonia and their correction in the day hospital].

Abstract

Clinical and psychological tests were used to examine 77, 31 and 32 patients with normotonic, hypertonic and hypotonic neurocirculatory asthenia, respectively. Compared to control subjects, 80% of the patients responded to stress with psychic and social dysadaptation (psychic asthenia, frustration, emotional lability, hypothymism) as well as depression with visceral manifestations: cardialgia, extrasystole, lability of arterial pressure. Chemotherapy, physical and psychological treatment in day hospital produced a response in 89.2% of neurocirculatory asthenia sufferers.

• Authors: A N Tatarintsev, A A Golovin, G A Lipatova, S P Lagustochkina
• Journal: Klinicheskaia meditsina (Klin Med (Mosk)) Vol. 70 Issue 1 Pg. 59-61 (Jan 1992) ISSN: 0023-2149 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Psikhosomaticheskie narusheniia u bol'nykh neĭrotsirkuliatornoĭ distonieĭ i ikh korrektsiia v dnevnom statsionare.
• PMID: 1608215 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Day Care, Medical
• Female
• Humans
• MMPI
• Male
• Neurocirculatory Asthenia (complications, psychology, therapy)
• Personality Tests
• Psychology, Social
• Psychophysiologic Disorders (etiology, psychology, therapy)
• Time Factors